R. Balet et al., ATTITUDES TOWARDS ROUTINE HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS (HIV) SCREENING AND FERTILITY TREATMENT IN HIV-POSITIVE PATIENTS - A UK SURVEY, Human reproduction (Oxford. Print), 13(4), 1998, pp. 1085-1087
Of 70 fertility units licensed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryolo
gy Authority in the UK, 58 responded to a questionnaire regarding atti
tudes towards human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening and fertili
ty treatment in HIV positive patients in November 1995, Of these 58 ce
ntres, 23 only performed routine screening for HIV for both partners,
24 for hepatitis B and eight for hepatitis C, In the event of a positi
ve result in the male, fertility treatment would be offered in the for
m of donor insemination (n = 21), intrauterine insemination (IUI) afte
r sperm washing (n = 21), and in-vitro fertilization (IVF) (n = 1), If
the woman was HIV positive, two centres would offer IUI and three cen
tres IVF, Nine centres had already provided treatment for couples in w
hom the male partner was HIV positive and two centres to HIV positive
women.